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Communities Also Named Long Cove ...

We found four communities that share the name Long Cove.

There are three communities within Newfoundland and Labrador that are also named Long Cove.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, there is another community also named Long Cove in Canada and the United States.

  • Communities Located In Newfoundland and Labrador ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Long Cove #1
      • This Long Cove lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • The profile page for Long Cove #2
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Long Cove.
      • The profile page for Long Cove #3
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Long Cove.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Knox County
      • This Long Cove is located in Knox County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Long Cove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Cove ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Butter Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butter Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butter Cove
  • Gooseberry Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hatchet Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatchet Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Cove
  • Hearts Ease ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hearts Ease came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Ease
  • Lady Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lady Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady Cove
  • Little Heart's Ease
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Heart's Ease came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Heart's Ease
  • Long Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Lower Lance Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Lance Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Lance Cove
  • Random Head Harbour
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Random Head Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Head Harbour
  • Robinsons Bight
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsons Bight came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Bight

How Far From Long Cove to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Long Cove to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Long Cove once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Cove and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Long Cove to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 60 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,283 miles [8,502.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,159 miles [5,083.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Long Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0500, Longitude: -53.7167    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Long Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Long Cove could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Long Cove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 291.83 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.162 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 288.121 degrees.




 

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